For more information on AMAO determinations and targets, please refer tothe Guide to Understanding AMAOs 2014 and Beyond.

AMAO Achieved?

AMAO 1: Progress in learning the English language

2016

District Target

District Performance

# of Students Included

Overall

52%

64%

134

Yes

Growth toward attaining English proficiency in a total of six years, based on matched student records for students who took Spring 2016 and the most recent ACCESS prior to 2016

Percentage of English Language Learners (ELLs) in grades K-12 who met their target student growth percentile on ACCESS (SGPA). For more information on how progress is measured, refer to http://www.doe.mass.edu/ell/amao/.

AMAO 2: Attainment of English language proficiency

2016

District Target

District Performance

# of Students Included

Overall

18%

24%

190

Participation

95%

96%

Yes

Attainment of English proficiency on Spring 2016 ACCESS for ELLs

Percentage of grade K-12 ELLs who achieved a composite level of 5.0 or above on the spring 2016 ACCESS for ELLs; AND, district participation was 95% or above. For more information on how attainment is measured, please refer to http://www.doe.mass.edu/ell/amao/.

Cumulative PPI is a measure of the progress of a district in halving proficiency gaps over a six-year period that incorporates measures of achievement in English Language Arts (ELA), mathematics, and science; growth in ELA and mathematics; graduation rates; and dropout rates. Cumulative PPI represents subgroup or aggregate performance over the past four years, with more credit given to more recent performance.

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AMAO History

2013

2014

2015

2016

AMAO 1: Progress

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

AMAO 2: Attainment

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

AMAO 3: Cumulative PPI

Yes

Yes

No

No

*If the cumulative PPI is 75 or greater, but the "AMAO Achieved" column indicates "No", please check the participation rates for content areas. If the cumulative PPI is less than 75, but the "AMAO achieved" column indicates "yes" please see the Guide to Understanding AMAOs 2014 and Beyond.